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    lied to? If so, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Well in this book “Nothing but the Truth” by AVI. Philip Malloy is a ninth grader who is considered a “class clown” in his English class. Philip Malloy is a track-obsessed kid at Harrison High School in New Hampshire. He blames his English teacher, Margaret Narwin, for his poor performance in her class, and he earns a D for his grade. Philip is trying to tell the truth but how can he tell it if he doesn’t take

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    deserve. In the story, “Nothing But The Truth”, Philip Malloy, a 9th grader at Harrison High did not like his English teacher so he planned to get out of her class. As for him, his intentions went to the left after the school’s assistant principal got involved. He asked Philip to apologize, Philip refused, so Dr.Doane suspended him. The situation got outrageous, spreading around the nation and the truth never got out about what really went down. Philip lost sight of the truth as he listened to his

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    struggles with being an illegal child, and Nothing but the Truth is how Philip Malloy gets ostracized for expressing his patriotism. When classifying all of the evidence, one can compare and contrast the writing style of Nothing But the Truth by Avi Hadi and Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix because of the format of the novels, a purposeful message, and manipulation of language. First and foremost, Among the Hidden and Nothing but the Truth have structures that have similarities and differences

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    The Book “Nothing but the Truth” is about Philip Malloy and how his actions affect his whole school. Though some people don’t notice how a few characters in the book use Philip and his problem to complete their own goals. Mr. Malloy and Ted Griffen are perfect examples of how Philips problem is taken advantage of. Mr. Malloy takes advantage of Philip by hoping his boss will recognize what his son is doing and leave him alone about an incident that happened at his job. My reasoning for this is because

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    The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of expression from government interference. The most basic component of freedom of expression is the right of freedom of speech. In “Nothing But The Truth,” by Avi, Philip is asked to leave his English class because he is humming while the national anthem is played during morning announcements. His English teacher, Miss Narwin asks him to stop, but he believes his action is no big deal. In order for Miss Narwin

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    In the book nothing but the truth by Avi, a student named Philip Malloy sings/hums the national anthem when he knew he wasn’t supposed to and the rules were clear that you needed to be silent during the national anthem, I believe philip was not treated unfair, he doesn’t like miss Narwin, and he wants to get transferred from her class, he even says he does on page “I can’t even stand to look at her, I have to find a way to get transferred out.” He gets in trouble a lot because he doesn’t listen

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    Nothing but the Truth is a truly astonishing novel. Philip Malloy, a ninth grader attending Harrison High in New Hampshire, takes readers on an adventure about his daily routine as a freshman in high school. Philip is considered the “class clown” in Miss Narwin’s English class, as he cares more about driving his teacher insane than he does about his academic performance. When Philip is transferred to Miss Narwin’s homeroom class, he hums along to the national anthem instead of being silent. Miss

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    In the book “Nothing But the Truth”, a young adult fiction novel written by Avi. In “Nothing But the Truth”, Philip Malloy, the main character, begins humming during the morning announcements when the National Anthem was played. Everyone thought that he was trying to create a disturbance but Philip said that he was trying to be Patriotic. A few days later, he got suspended. Philip’s story was heard from all over the country several days later. All of Philip’s friends and teachers are trying to prove

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    It is hard to identify the real victim and culprit in the play, “Nothing But The Truth by AVI.” The play is about a teacher-student relationship that turns into a national headline where each side used alternate facts for personal benefit. Publicly, the conflict is heard from Philip's perspective. While the situation gets out of hand, none of the mess would have occurred if not instigated by the student, Philip Malloy. Throughout the story, Philip is discourteous and tells several lies. For example

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    The Bloody Truth of Cinderella “There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful than an unapologetic women being herself: comfortable in her own perfect imperfection. To me that is the true essence of beauty”-Steve Maraboli. In an ideal society every women should believe that she is beautiful in her own unique way. However, the media portrays a women of unattainable standards. The media industry presents to the public their idealized perfect women who in essence is fake and unrealistic In addition

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